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Kissimmee robbery suspect arrested

Deputies are crediting an alert guest for helping them track down a woman who authorities believe robbed a Kissimmee area motel and threatened to hurt the clerk. Bob Kealing (@bobkealingwesh) has the story.

Deputies are crediting an alert guest for helping them track down a woman who authorities believe robbed a Kissimmee area motel and threatened to hurt the clerk. Bob Kealing (@bobkealingwesh) has the story.

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Updated: 5:09 PM EST Jan 25, 2016

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WEBVTT BOB DEPUTIES SAY THE WITNESS MADE A SPLIT DECISIO BOB: HE WAS CHECKING IN MOMENTS AFTER THE ROBBERY, GOT BACK IN HIS CAR, FOLLOWED THE SUSPECT AT A DISTANCE, THEN FLAGGED DOWN A KISSIMMEE POLICE OFFICER WHO ARRESTED HER. SECONDS AFTER SHE OPENED THE LOBBY DOOR AT THE COUNTRY HEARTH INN FRIDAY NIGHT, OSCEOLA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 34-YEAR-OLD TRANSIENT, TAMMY JOHNSON STARTED DEMANDING MONEY LOUDLY. INVESTIGATORS SAY JOHNSON TOLD THE CLERK SHE WASN'T PLAYING AROUND, AND WAS GOING TO HURT HER IF SHE DIDN'T GET THE CASH. >> ACCORDING TO THE CLERK, SHE WAS RANTING AND RAVING, LOOKED AS THOUGH SHE HAD A WEAPON. BOB: THE CLERK WAS FEARFUL FOR HER LIFE. AFTER MAKING OFF WITH MORE THAN $700 OF THE MOTEL'S MONEY, DEPUTIES SAY JOHNSON STARTED WALKING DOWN 192. A GUEST WHO WAS CHECKING IN JUST MOMENTS AFTER THE ROBBERY, GOT BACK IN HIS CAR AND FOLLOWED JOHNSON FROM A DISTANCE, FLAGGED DOWN A KISSIMMEE POLICE OFFICER WHO MADE THE ARREST. >> HE DID THE RIGHT THING BY FLAGGING DOWN THE POLICE OFFICER AND DID NOT TRY TO CONFRONT THE SUSPEC IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, IT COULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS FOR HIM. BOB: JOHNSON WAS CHARGED WITH ROBBERY AND GRAND THEFT, AND ALLEGEDLY MADE STATEMENTS TO OFFICERS TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT HAPPENED AT THE MOTEL. >> SHE INDICATED SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY AND WAS DESPERATE. SUMMER: THAT WAS BOB KEELING REPORTING. WHILE INVESTIGATORS SAY THIS WITNESS DID THE RIGHT THING BY NOT CONFRONTING THE SUSPECT, HE

Kissimmee robbery suspect arrested

Deputies are crediting an alert guest for helping them track down a woman who authorities believe robbed a Kissimmee area motel and threatened to hurt the clerk. Bob Kealing (@bobkealingwesh) has the story.